Past events
To Know Science Is To Love It, but Why?
Presented by: Nick Allum, Department of Sociology (joint with Paul Stoneman, Department of Sociology)
Ethnic minorities and non-response: Evidence from the Millennium Cohort and lessons for Understanding Society
Presented by: Jonathan Burton (ISER), Shirley Dex (Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education)
Mentoring and segregation: female-led firms and gender wage policies
Presented by: Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (Department of Economics, University of Linz, Austria) Co-author: Ana Rute Cardoso
Like oil and water or chocolate and peanut butter? Ethnic diversity and social participation of young people in England (joint with Elena Fumagalli, Unviersity of Venice)
Presented by: Laura Fumagalli (ISER, University of Essex)
All the right classes, but not necessarily in the right order : The problems of operationalising social class in cross-national research
Presented by: Eric Harrison (Centre for Comparative Social Surveys, City University London)
Access to flexible work and informal care
Presented by: Mark Bryan
The Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and an application to Latin America (joint work with Jérémie Gignoux)
Presented by: Francisco Ferreira (Development Research Group, The World Bank)
The determinants of participation in a disability-related welfare programme
Presented by: Stephen Pudney (ISER)
Why to choose a non-recommended school type? Determinants and consequences of the non-acceptance of teacher’s recommendations in Germany.
Presented by: Henning Lohmann (ISER visitor, SOEP)
Real Wages and the Business Cycle: Accounting for Worker and Firm Heterogeneity
Presented by: Pedro Portugal (Faculty of Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal) co-authors: Anabela Carneiro and Paulo Guimarães
How research informs policy making: the example of a provide risk model and social exclusion
Presented by: Axel Heitmueller (Economic/Policy Adviser in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit in Cabinet Office)Special Policy and Research Seminar
Muslim Religiosity in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Presented by: Ayse Güveli (Department of Sociology) and Lucinda Platt (Institute for Social and Economic Research)
Reservation Wages, Expected Wages and Labour Market Outcomes: Analysis of Individual Level Panel Data
Presented by: Karl Taylor (Department of Economics, University of Sheffield) Co-author: Sarah Brown
Selection by ability and long-term outcomes: Evidence from the UK “11-plus” lottery
Presented by: Emilia Del Bono, ISER
Reassessing Poverty Dynamics in Britain and the US
Presented by: Peggy McDonough (Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada) Co-authors: Diana Worts and Amanda Sacker
Changes in the Distribution of Income among Single Mother Families – Murphy Brown meets Inequality
Presented by: James Ziliak (Department of Economics, University of Kentucky, USA) Co-author: Christopher Bollinger
The impact of social security changes on return migration, onward migration and international travel of New Zealand citizens in Australia **This seminar will be held on THURSDAY 05-02-2009**
Presented by: Jacques Poot (Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, New Zealand) Co-author: Lynda Sanderson
The Impact of Dependent Interviewing on Interview Dynamics: Implications for Longitudinal Survey Design
Presented by: Noah Uhrig, ISER and Emanuela Sala, ISER